Statuette of a medieval wine maker at Petit Sablon in Brussels, Belgium
A park was created at the highest point of the Sablon extending all the way to the Egmont Palace, named Petit Sablon, in which nineteenth-century sculptors etched 48 bronze statues representing all old The park was opened in 1890 and is the work of architect Henri Beyaert (1823-1894) . The park is surrounded by a beautiful, elaborate wrought iron fence. At regular intervals there are Gothic columns, each one of them with an elegant bronze statuette representing the Brussels guilds . They are almost exact replicas of the late fifteenth-century statue made by sculptor Jan Borreman. In this photo : this statue illustrates the 3 objects in connection with wine making : bottles, a glass (or cup) and a barrel The statue is the work of Albert Hambresin (1850-1937).
Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Petit Sablon, Kleine Zavel, Brussels Capital, Belgium, Western Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: art, artwork, attraction, barrel, belgian, belgium, bottles, bronze, brussels, column, craft, cup, detail, glass, gothic, guild, holding, job, landmark, maker, making, man, medieval, memorial, metal, monument, mug, occupation, oenology, petit, pillar, sablon, sculpture, statue, statuette, tourist, vintner, visitor, viticulture, viticulturist, wine, winemaker, winemaking, winery, work
